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The Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) is one of the academic Centres in Bayero University, Kano Nigeria. The Centre was established in 2012 with the support of MacArthur Foundation with the aim of building human resource capacity and generating sustainable agricultural technologies that would increase the productivity of crops and livestock in the semi-arid and dry sub humid environments of Nigeria and the West African sub-region.

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CDA to Collaborate with Arizona State University, Other Institutions in the USA

The CDA has initiated a research collaboration with School of Sustainability, Arizona State University (ASU) and Jain Irrigation System Limited (JISL) on irrigation water management in West African sub-region. The idea about the collaboration was conceived when a CDA team comprising the Director, Prof. J. M. Jibrin and the Deputy Director (Training), Prof. S. G. Mohammed visited the United States in November, 2014.
ASU has an on-going National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project which focuses on small scale irrigation systems in Asia and Latin America. JISL, in collaboration with ASU, has been conducting annual training workshops in India on agricultural entrepreneurship and innovation for youth from all over the developing world. Discussions were held with several teams and scientists including teams from the Dr. Anthony Whitbread discussing with the Registrar of BUK, Alhaji Sani Ibrahim Amin and other management staff of BUK Director of CDA, Prof. J. M. Jibrin and Deputy Director (Training), Prof. S. G. Mohammed in a Round Table with staff of Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA The CDA Director and Deputy Director (Training) discussing potential collaboration with staff of Oklahoma State University Global Institute of Sustainability, the Master Foundation
Programme, as well as Abba Gumel, a renown professor of mathematics and an alumnus of Bayero University. The CDA hopes that in collaboration with these partners, it would adapt workshop materials to African conditions and contribute towards capacity building and empowerment of farmers in West African Sub-region. During the visit discussions were also held with several institutions with the aim of creating knowledge networks and collaborative activities between the institutions and CDA. Some the institutions visited include University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Missouri, and the US National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

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Our Goal

The CDA aims to be a regional center of excellence in teaching, research and development in Agriculture, especially Dryland Agriculture. The Centre shall support degree training at the postgraduate level, as well as specialized short-term trainings targeted at imparting specific skills to specific clients. Read More